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Coach Ken Whisenhunt was on NFL Network today and mentioned that wide receiver Michael Floyd was the seventh-rated player on the Cards’ 120 board, and the second-rated receiver (who went unnamed, but it was undoubtedly Justin Blackmon.) Most analysts had six “elite” players at the top of the draft, and assuming the Cards had the same guys — Luck, Richardson, Blackmon, Griffin, Kalil and Claiborne — in the top six, then Floyd was the guy right after and the natural pick at No. 13 overall.

No word on what Floyd was graded. We know Patrick Peterson, the fifth pick last year, was a 90, however. In the end, you figure he had relatively lofty number. And the Cards definitely were happy to have him available.

Not being combative, but you really think Whiz would say otherwise?
I would be curious to see where Riley Reiff and Melvin Ingram fell on that same draftboard; but like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Toostsie Pop…..the world may never know.

Darren,
How much money would be freed up if Kerry Rhodes were to be released? I’m just connecting the dots. Little cap room, toler, gay, Jefferson and now Flemming, PP has safety size. Nobody could cover Vernon Davis let year at safety….I bet PP could.

I don’t think he’s go anywhere, but to answer your question, I believe they would save around $5M, depending on the offseason bonuses he is scheduled to get and when they would cut him (his signing bonus responsibility isn’t the Cards because the Jets traded him here.) His salary is $3.5M.

I had the opposite reaction you had, I found it kind of a brutally honest answer from him. Had he said Floyd was the #1 rated WR on our board I could see your skepticism, since, as Darren noted, most the football watching world had the same guys in the first six places. However, when most the players we may (for arguments sake) have rated higher than Floyd were still available at #13, and we didn’t take them, I see no reason to believe Floyd wasn’t ranked exactly where the Whiz said he was.

Combine that with a lot of the late in the game flip flopping some experts had between Floyd and Blackmon, and I think many would have believed him had he said that Floyd was in our top six.

As long as Coach Horton thinks he can generate a pass rush with the players he has then I am okay with the Floyd pick.

This undrafted G, Blake DeChristopher maybe a steal for AZ. Between he and the kid from Washington plus the two Off tackles, this maybe the deepest the Oline has looked in 15 years. Let’s hope they all can make the team and Grimm can get them to jell together.

I wonder if they really like this QB they took in the 6th round, if they may play Bartell more in preseason to try to trade him for a pick, like what Philly likes to do…

I would take what Whis said about Floyd’s draft board status as truth. Mostly because he did in fact say that they had Floyd ranked as 2nd Best WR on their board. If he was lying he would have said they had Floyd ranked over Blackmon and were excited he fell. There were rumors out there that some teams had Floyd ranked higher.. It could have flown. Instead he was honest about him being ranked second. As for Reiff’s and Ingram’s ranking.. They were ranked lower obviously.. and that’s why they took Floyd. I like the pick.. especially how the rest of the draft ended up unfolding. Really looking forward to this season.

Don’t forgot he was the one who had Seneca Wallace as his fifth-highest rated player, not just QB, in his draft year. Not saying he doesn’t spend a ton of time watching film, but if we all thought Irvin and Jenkins were first round reaches imagine the reaction if Wallace had gone top 5.

I respect Chavous’s knowledge, but will defer to our scouts on this one.

i was hoping for decastro for our first pick but i do understand the need for a potential playmaker. i really hope floyd is the real deal. castro slipped to pittsburgh at #24 and big ben is very happy to have him. it will be interesting for me to re-visit this in five years and see which player has had the greater impact. i see lineart is off to oakland. he might actually get a chance to play a bit there given palmer’s history of injuries and inconsistent play. not that matty has not been injury prone and inconsistent himself. cannot wait for the season to start.

Darren any insight on the coaching staff opinion on Dan Williams performance to date? I realize he was hurt alot last year but for a high first round pick as Williams was, he doesn’t seem to get his name called a lot during a game like Dockett or Campbell does.

And on another note speaking of Dockett, is the staff aware of the filthy stuff Dockett tweets daily to his followers. For example today he talked about how relieving his bowels before he leaves his home gives him a great feeling (but he didn’t say relieving his bowels). He also does a lot of filthy swearing. I know he likes his bad boy image but he is a representative of our team and it looks kinda cheesy in my opinion. I know certain top coaches in the league that wouldn’t tolerate that from one of their players.

I think they want Williams to up his game. This is a big year for him.

As for Dockett, feel free to not follow him. I understand what he writes isn’t always nice, but these guys are allowed to have lives outside of the league. And it is very easy to avoid what he is writing if you choose.

Floyd looks great on film and Corey Chavous is pretty intelligent from when I’ve heard him talk about draft prospects and football period, but I disagree with him on that. And why the hell does some cardinal fans want us to cut Kerry? Do you guys/chicks who hating on Kerry realize he had a pro bowl season in his first year with us and last year got injured and still made plays when he played. He will if he’s healthy which he usually is will make his first pro bowl with his boy A-Wil. That was his first handful of games missed in his career, you really can’t control injuries really. He had a couple years with New York that should’ve awarded him a pro bowl selection but didn’t probably because of Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu who are 2 future hall of famers for sure and he is popular, so that tells you all you need to know.